Since I’ve been waking up early to run each morning, I’m left with more time to get ready for work. I suppose I could go into the office earlier and actually start working, but…………..nah. Instead, I sit in front of my closet mirror and take my precious time blowdrying my hair “around the world” — a volumizing technique my stylist taught me — and smiling, then not smiling, and smiling again to see if I’m getting those crows feet around my eyes. I think I am. No big deal.

During these quiet moments with the mirror, I’ve noticed that my mind wanders onto random stuff. Like stuff that I should be doing with my life. Like I’ll be sitting there and I’ll suddenly think, ohmygosh, I should totally take up rock climbing or read the new Jhumpa Larihi book or get Invisalign or move to New York or name my future children. And then I’ll rush over to my laptop to Google these things. Then, in the middle of my research, I’ll realize how much time I just wasted and go back to putting on lip gloss.

Anyway, I don’t really know what the point of all this is, except that I think my brain is most active when I am calm and unagitated. Therefore I should have more time to sit and do nothing because it helps me uncover my unconscious desires. That’s my revelation.